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A Collection of Corinne Lightweaver's Publications with AIDS Project of the East Bay (APEB)
MSS.2022.04
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Contributing Institution:
University of California, San Francisco Archives & Special Collections
Title: A Collection of Corinne Lightweaver's Publications with AIDS Project of the East Bay (APEB)
source:
Lightweaver, Corinne
Identifier/Call Number: MSS.2022.04
Physical Description:
1 carton
(1 carton)
Date (inclusive): 1986-1989
Abstract: A collection of newspaper and journal articles documenting the history and activities of the AIDS Project of the East Bay
(APEB), including issues of San Francisco Sentinel and other newspapers.
Language of Material:
English
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[Identification of item], A Collection of Corrine Lightweaver's Publications with AIDS Project of the East Bay (APEB), MSS
2022-04, The UCSF Library and Center for Knowledge Management, Archives and Special Collections, University of California,
San Francisco
Collection is open for research.
permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Archives and Special Collections.
Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Library and Center for Knowledge Management as the owner of the physical
items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
This collection was donated to the UCSF Archives and Special Collections by Corinne Lightweaver in 2022.
Processed by Geremy Lowe in 2022.
AIDS Project of the East Bay (APEB) was founded in 1983 by Oakland physician Dr. Robert C. Scott as a program of the Pacific
Center for Human Growth in Berkeley. Dr. Scott provided safer sex information to people at risk for HIV infection from his
clinic waiting room to public sex environments and points between.
Corinne Lightweaver served as the Media Specialist for AIDS Project of the East Bay (9/1985 – 6/1987). Throughout her career,
Lightweaver served as Associate Editor for Frontiers Magazine (11/1987 – 6/1989), Assistant News Editor for San Francisco
Sentinel (10/1986 – 10/1987) and since her departure for focusing on HIV/AIDS-related topics, Lightweaver has continued writing
and creating visual art regarding her own life story with her journey through breast cancer and mental illness. Currently,
Lightweaver is the owner and consultant for Structure and Form—a nonprofit management and organizational development consulting
and coaching for executive directors and board chairs of small to medium-sized nonprofits.
This collection contains the publications and writing files of Corrine Lightweaver and LGBTQ-centered magazines and newspapers,
to which Lightweaver has featured work. The bulk of the collection focuses on Lightweaver's writings during her tenure with
AIDS Project of the East Bay (also known as APEB) and the LGBTQ-centered written works of other journalists from 1985-1989—focused
on AIDS activism and LBGTQ+ experiences in Oakland, San Francisco, and other parts of the San Francisco Bay Area.
Folders are arranged chronologically.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
AIDS activists--United States
AIDS (Disease)--California--San Francisco
AIDS (Disease)--Activists--United States
Lesbian activists
Lightweaver, Corinne